Brutal Detroit Lions plan to stop Caleb Williams revealed - and referees were warned before the game

Amon Ra St. Brown has revealed Dan Campbell told the Detroit Lions defence to deed Caleb Williams hard arsenic helium veered retired of bounds successful their Thanksgiving game.

The Lions bushed the Bears 23-20 past week but linebacker Jack Campbell sparked contention with a precocious debased deed connected the backmost Williams that the Chicago players took objection to.

Now, speaking connected his podcast, St. Brown has revealed that Lions manager Campbell had a program to get aft Williams up of the crippled owed to his wont of cutting backmost successful from the sideline.

'In our squad meeting, Dan was talking to america and helium was showing clips of Caleb going retired of bounds and coming backmost successful and going out,' the wide receiver said. 

'He said "no you don't" - the opening of it was "no you don't" and past it was conscionable clips of him doing that.

'He goes "if helium does this, we are going to deed his ass. I already warned the refs, the refs know" truthful erstwhile it happens successful the game, I already cognize determination is nary flag.

'Out of bounds, steps backmost in, Jack (Campbell) deed his ass. We were similar "yeah" and everyone connected the Bears was similar "that's a flag!". We were similar "bro helium went retired and came backmost in, took it"'.

Williams was unhappy with the hit, telling reporters aft the loss: 'Yeah, I... that play was funky. Just enactment it that way. I don’t truly - you know, I didn’t truly admit the play.

'He conscionable benignant of dove consecutive astatine my knee. So I didn’t truly get that. Definitely benignant of frustrated astir that one, conscionable ‘cause you know, whatever. 

'Yeah, knee’s good. Nothing incorrect with it. Think I conscionable got a bruise. But the play was, the play was funky.'

The Lions are tied with Super Bowl winners Kansas City Chiefs for the champion grounds successful the NFL astatine 11-1 aft the triumph implicit Chicago.

They are backmost successful enactment Thursday successful a blockbuster showdown with Green Bay Packers successful an NFC North divisional rivalry astatine Ford Field.

The Packers are 9-3 but third, a triumph down Minnesota Vikings successful second.